Improved mode of attaching bold-back rings to hames



y W. B. HAYDEN. MODE 0F ATTAGHING HOLDBAGKRINGS-TO HA-MES.

No. 105,679. Patented July 26, 1870 amt; gtstrz I WILLIAM B. HAYDEN,

patent attire 0F COLUMBUS, .OEIO.

Letters Patent No 105,679,dated July 26,1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, of Golumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio have invented an Improved Mode of Attaching HoldbackBings to Hames; and I do hereby declare the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing makingpart of this specification, in which-' .Figure. 1 is aview of a portion ofa my invention applied to it.

. Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

.Figure3 is a perspective view of the holdrback ring and its attaching-plate.-

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the three figures.

' The practice hitherto generally adopted of attaching hold-hack rings to harness is to pass the stem of the eye, to which the ring is applied,through.the liarne from the front to the rear side, and rivet it in place. The prongs of the clip 'staple are passed laterally through the hame, on opposite sides of the stem of the eye which holds the ring. The objection to this plan is, that the hame is very much weakened and frequently breaks at the point where the stem of the eye is passed through it; also, the attachment, unlessit is made with the greatest care, will give way under severe strain.

The nature of my invention and improvement consists in applying the hold-back ring to a metal piece, which is secured to the edge of the hame by means of bolts, or, preferably, by means of thc'prougs of the clip-staple, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will explain its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing- Arepresents a portion of a harms, and

B, the metal strengthening-strap, which is applied to the outer edge 'of'the hame in the usual well-known manner.

C -is a. plate which is constructed with a narrow flat portion, adapted to lie against the strap B, and which is also constructed, with a perforated lug oreye, an, adapted to receive through it the hold-back ling E.

The flat portion of the plate 0 is perforated, toreceire througlrit the prongs of the clip-staple D, which prongs are also passed through the strap- B, and trans, versely'through the heme, and are secured by rivets bandwasheisc, asshown in. fig..l. In. this .manner the plate U is firmly secured .to the name at the same time and by thesame means employed to secure the clip-stapleto the hamel The enlarged end of the plate 0 may be grooved, so as to partly embrace the edges of the strap B, and thereby afl'ord a very firm .hold against displacement. i

The lug or eye a is formed on one side of the enlarged-end of plate 0, and that side of it which impi'nges against the rounded surface of'the hams is shaped to conform to this surface. The lug,or eye a is oblique to the length of the flat portion 'of the'plate O, in order that it will hold the ring E in proper position for receiving and carrying the hold-back strap or chain. f l

By my improved mode of securing hold-back rings to hames,I avoid the making of holes through the hames for this purpose, which h'oles weaken the hames at those points where they should be strongest.

Having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. The construction of the hold-hack ring plate 0,

substantially. as described. 4

2. The method of securing the plate, to which: the

hoId-b'ack ring is applied, to the heme, by .the clip staple, substantially as described. 4

. WM. B. HAYDEN."

Witnesses Joan H. Mm'rnr, J no MILLER. 

